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Acute respiratory failure in the elderly

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Personnes âgées et réanimation

Part of the book series: Références en réanimation. Collection de la SRLF ((SRLF))

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The discussion on acute respiratory failure and mechanical ventilation in the elderly is very pertinent because advanced age is associated with some specific issues, including: increase of the number of elderly patients, different respiratory physiology, and increased risk of acute respiratory failure with worse prognosis; response to therapies shown to be effective in other age groups is unknown; and mechanical ventilation is responsible for a large percentage of ICU cost [1]. In addition, patients older than 65 account for more than half of ICU-patient days [2]. Finally, experimental studies suggest that aging is also associated with an increased susceptibility to injurious mechanical ventilation [3] (table I).

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  1. Department of Critical Care, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Universidad Europa de Madrid, Madrid, Espagne

    J. A. Lorente

  2. CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Espagne

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  3. Critical Care Center, Sabadell Hospital, Corporació Sanitaria, Universitaria Parc Tauli, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Sabadell, Espagne

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Lorente, J.A., Artigas, A. (2012). Acute respiratory failure in the elderly. In: Personnes âgées et réanimation. Références en réanimation. Collection de la SRLF. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0287-9_20

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